Chronic prostatitis: Symptoms, Causes and treatments

Prostatitis is inflammation or swelling of the prostate gland. The prostate is a walnut-sized gland that sits below the bladder in men. This gland makes fluid that mixes with sperm to form semen. Chronic prostatitis is very common and affects adult men of all ages and from all backgrounds. About 5% of men experience symptoms of chronic prostatitis at some point in their lives. What are the symptoms, causes and treatment of chronic prostatitis?

Symptoms of chronic prostatitis:

Typical symptoms of chronic prostatitis include:

•Burning during or after urination
•Difficulty starting the urine stream
•Dribbling after urination has been completed
•A need to urinate frequently or urgently
•A sensation that the bladder cannot be emptied completely
•Pain felt above the penis, in or below the scrotum, or in the back or rectum
•Pain experienced during or after orgasm

Causes of chronic prostatitis:

Almost all chronic prostatitis was caused by infection of the prostate by bacteria. However, it is now clear that symptoms of chronic prostatitis can be caused by several different conditions and that infection plays a role in only some of these. Three major types of chronic prostatitis are: Chronic bacterial prostatitis; Chronic non-bacterial prostatitis; Prostadynia, also called noninflammatory chronic pelvic pain syndrome.

Treatments of chronic prostatitis:

1. Antibiotics often are tried in men with chronic non-bacterial prostatitis, even though symptoms may not be caused by infection. Some men may be helped by this treatment, but in many cases, antibiotics alone will not eliminate the problem.

2. Herbal medicine. Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill is a remarkable herbal medicine for chronic prostatitis. Though it may work slowly, herbal medicine can eradicate chronic prostatitis in three months.